Um, we didn't get tightly checked going to a rally for Clinton a few weeks ago. And my mother was in a wheel chair and we had several bags hanging off it. There were dogs running around sniffing at everything. The Secret Service seem to be spending more time actually watching carefully and putting themselves between the candidate and any problems. Which when you are talking about Large Rallies is actually the only way to handle things. All the major assassinations that we think about have happened either completely out in the open (JFK, King, Bhutto) or in areas were weapons checks were usually not performed (Robert Kennedy). Not inside the Rally Room itself. Do you have any idea how long it would take to do a Real Weapons Check on 20K+ of people? Just think of the fun you have checking into an airport. Frankly, I'm more worried about the crackpot across the street from the Rally Building Parking Lot.
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Date: 2008-02-22 03:25 am (UTC)The Secret Service seem to be spending more time actually watching carefully and putting themselves between the candidate and any problems. Which when you are talking about Large Rallies is actually the only way to handle things.
All the major assassinations that we think about have happened either completely out in the open (JFK, King, Bhutto) or in areas were weapons checks were usually not performed (Robert Kennedy). Not inside the Rally Room itself.
Do you have any idea how long it would take to do a Real Weapons Check on 20K+ of people? Just think of the fun you have checking into an airport.
Frankly, I'm more worried about the crackpot across the street from the Rally Building Parking Lot.